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Who's Who Introduction (The Cast)

The Players:
- Citizen's Information Committee (CIC)
- City of Bloomington, Indiana
  - The Mayors
    - Frank McCloskey
    - Tomi Allison
    - John Fernandez
  - Utilities Department
- Clean Land, Air and Water
- The Coalition Opposed to PCB Ash in Monroe County, Indiana, Inc. (COPA)
- Magistrate Kennard Foster
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
- Monroe County, Indiana
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
- U.S. District Court Judge S. Hugh Dillin
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. (now CBS)
The Crew:
- Cambrian Groundwater Company (consultants for COPA)
- ChemTech (consultants for Westinghouse)
- Earth Tech (consultants for EPA)
- MVA Consulting, Inc. (consultants for COPA)
- SENES Oak Ridge (consultants for COPA)
Sets and Locations:
- Anderson Road Landfill (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Bennett's Quarry (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Clear Creek (west side)
- Fell Iron & Metal
- Illinois Central / Quarry Springs
- Lemon Lane Landfill (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Neal's Dump (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Neal's Landfill (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Westinghouse / ABB Plant Facility
- Winston-Thomas Sewage Treatment Plant (an EPA Superfund Site)
The Script:
- The Consent Decree
and the villain in this story is played by non other than:
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Case Studies Introduction (The Tragedy)

Local Case Studies (South Central Indiana)
- Anderson Road Landfill (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Bennett's Quarry (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Clear Creek (west side)
- Fell Iron & Metal
- Illinois Central / Quarry Springs
- Lemon Lane Landfill (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Neal's Dump (an EPA Superfund Site)
- Neal's Landfill (an EPA Superfund Site)
  - Conceptual Approach for Hot Spot Removal
- Westinghouse / ABB Plant Facility
- Winston-Thomas Sewage Treatment Plant (an EPA Superfund Site)

History Introduction (The Comedy)

Once upon a time...

Fixes Introduction (The Ending)

PCB Treatment Options for Soil: An Overview
PCBs in Soil
The Work Plan: Conceptual Work Plan for Remediatinon of Drying Beds and Digesters
Dechlorination and Immobilization (Funderburk & Associates, Inc.)
In Situ Solidification and Stabilization Process (GeoCon, Inc.)

News Introduction (News)

Local PCB News for Monroe County, Indiana
- Local PCB News Archives
Global PCB News
- Global PCB News Archives

Library Introduction (The Library)

Alerts
- Australia
  - Health and Safety Bulletin (Building Workers' Industrial Union)
- Turkey
  - U.S. forces caught stocking PCB at Turkish base
Articles
- The Bloomington Voice (local weekly newspaper)
- The Herald-Times, Inc. (local daily newspaper)
- The Independent (London newspaper)
  - Recent study finds reduced sperm count in Finnish men
  - World industry poisons Arctic purity
- New York Times
  - Report Links Prenatal PCB Exposure With Child Development
- Policy Studies Journal
  - Backyard Protest: Emergence, Expansion, and Persistence of a Local Hazardous Waste Controversy
- Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly
- Revkin
  - PCB's in Hudson are found to persist and to enter the air
- Rachel's Hazardous Waste News
- Scientific American
  - New York State's Attempts to Hide the Dangers Of PCBs Backfires
- ToxCat (TC Publications)
  - The sperm count of our species is in serious decline!
Charts
- COPA received the following water flow charts from the U.S. EPA in Monday's mail (6/15/98). The data was generated by CBS (Westinghouse). These charts are in pdf format.
  - Illinois Central Spring, April 15-19, 1998 storm - charts flow, PCB levels, and conductivity
  - Illinois Central Spring Flow & Rain 4/1/98 0000 to 4/30/98 2300 - charts flow and rainfall
  - Illinois Central Spring Flow & Conductivity 4/1/98 to 4/30/98 2300 - charts flow and conductivity
  - Illinois Central Spring Flow Record January to July 1996 - time chart in 20 day increments
  - Illinois Central Spring Flow Record August to December 1996 - time chart in 20 day increments
  - Illinois Central Spring Storm Flows - charts flow, PCB levels, and conductivity from May to June 1997
  - Neal's Landfill Springs Flow & PCB, April 15-19, 1998 - charts flow, PCB levels, and conductivity at both the North and South Springs
  - Conard's Branch from Neal's Landfill Flow and Rain, April 15-19, 1998 - charts flow and cumulative rain
  - Stout's Creek, April 15-19, 1998 storm - charts flow and PCB levels Up, West and Down
Comments
- Alceon
  - Proposed Westinghouse Work Plan to Develop HBCGs for the Winston Thomas Facility
- City of Bloomington
  - Field Sampling Plan for the Fill Material at Lemon Lane Landfill
- ChemRisk
  - Work Plan to Develop Health-based PCB Cleanup Goals for Winston-Thomas Facility
- Clean Land, Air and Water
  - Requirements for the Cleanup of PCBs and Other Hazardous Waste in Bloomington, Indiana
- Combined Comments
  - Compilation of Comments Regarding the Westinghouse
    Fill Sampling Plan for Lemon Lane Landfill
- COPA
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
  - Notice of Extension of Comment Period Wintson-Thomas Treatment Plant in Bloomington, Indiana
- EarthTech
  - Review of "Field Sampling Plan for the Fill Material at Lemon Lane Landfill," Westinghouse Bloomington Project
- Environmental Compliance Organization
  - Comments to the Conceptual Sampling Plan for Lemon Lane Site
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  - Lemon Lane Fill Sampling Plan
- Joseph G. Hailer
  - Environmental Geochemistry & Quality Assurance
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
  - Westinghouse Field Sampling Plan Lemon Land Landfill
- County of Monroe, Indiana
  - Work Plan to Develop Health-based PCB Cleanup Goals for Winston-Thomas Facility
- MVA Consulting
  - Comments on the EE/CA for WTTP (Final Draft -- February, 1998)
- PCB Alliance
  - Position Paper #2: Fraud on the Court
  - Position Paper #3: Ethics Violations in the Bloomington PCB Consent Decree
Exhibits
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Geology
Glossary
Hearings
- U.S. District Court
  - Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division
    - November 18, 1997
Legal
- Local Legal Issues
- Environmental Law
  - 42 USCA Sec. 9621. United States Code Annotated: Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare: Chapter 103 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability: Subchapter I - Hazardous Substances Releases, Liability, Compensation
  - 40 CFR Parts 750 and 761: Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Final Rule
Letters
- CLAW
  - to Judge Foster
- COPA
  - to Dan Hopkins, EPA (May 14, 1996)
  - to Dan Hopkins, EPA (May 14, 1997)
  - to Magistrate Kennard Foster (February 20, 1998)
- EPA
  - to COPA (July 15, 1996)
  - to Consent Decree Parties (Re: Draft Questions and Answers (October 1, 1996)
  - to Consent Decree Parties (Re: Derivation of Risk-based Cleanup Goals for PCB-contaminated Soils at the Winston-Thomas Site)
  - to Tom Alcano (December 3, 1997)
  - to Remedial Project Managers (December 5, 1997)
  - Evaluation of Bloomington Fish Data (March 16, 1998)
- Fish & Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
  - to Tom Alcamo, USEPA (April 2, 1998) concerning the US EPA's Statement of Work for the Design and Removal Actions at theWinston Thomas Wastewater Treatment Plant with comments on the proposed soil depth in the abandoned lagoon.
- Monroe County Health Board
  - Letter to Judge Foster (March 3, 1998) expressing concerns about the thoroughness of the cleanup of PCBs in Monroe County, Indiana.
- Private Individuals
  - Jim Cartmell: Letter to Magistrate Foster (April 1998)
- MVA Consulting
  - to Mike Baker, COPA (February 15, 1998)
- SENES
  - to Mike Baker, COPA (January 29, 1998)
Links
Maps
- Monroe County, Indiana
  - Monroe County Superfund Sites
  - Lemon Lane Landfill
    - Fish / PCB Health Advisory Map
    - Lemon Land Landfill Site Location
    - ICC / Quarry Spring System - I
    - ICC / Quarry Springs System - II
    - Springs around Lemon Lane
    - Residential Wells around Lemon Lane - I
    - Residential Wells around Lemon Lane - II
    - Lemon Lane Monitoring Well Locations
    - Off-site Springs and Streams
    - TAT Sampling Results
    - Distribution of PCBs in Sediments
    - Off-site Sampling of PCBs in Sediments
    - Preliminary Karst Conduits: Lemon Lane Area
    - Proposed Lemon Lane Excavation
    - These maps are interpretations of air photographs superimposed on topographic maps of Lemon Lane Landfill. This work was done for EPA Region V by Dr. Richard Powell, Earth Tech, Inc. in March 1995.
  - Neal's Landfill
    - Soil Boring and Geological Survey
    - On June 5, 1998, COPA received from the U.S. EPA, interpolation of maximum detects of PCBs in soil maps for various depths in the landfill. The May 1998 maps were scanned and converted to Adobe Acrobat Reader format (.pdf) and average about 166K in size.
      - 0-3 feet below ground level.
      - 3-10 feet below ground level.
      - 10-15 feet below ground level.
      - 15-20 feet below ground level.
      - 20-26 feet below ground level.
      - more than 26 feet below ground level.
  - Winston-Thomas Waste Treatment Facility
Meetings
- Citizens Information Committee
  - 1998
    - February, 1998
    - April 23, 1998 Unapproved Minutes
    - May 20, 1998 Rough Draft
    - June 23, 1998 Rough Draft
    - August 4, 1998 Rough Draft
  - 1997
    - January 16 Minutes (summary)
    - March 6 Minutes (summary)
    - June 10 Minutes (summary)
    - July 22 Minutes (summary)
    - September 2 Minutes
    - October 14 Minutes
    - December 9 Minutes (summary)
  - 1996
- Consent Decree Parties
  - May 14, 1996 Minutes
Medical
Memos
- EPA Action Memorandum on Winston-Thomas May 12, 1998
  - Responsiveness Summary for EE/CA May 12,1998
  - Statement of Work May 12, 1998
    - Figure 1: Fence Map, 1996 (pdf format)
    - Attachment A: Sampling Locations and Results for PCB Field Screening and Offsite Laboratory Analysis in Abandoned Lagoon Area (pdf format)
    - Attachment A-1: Approximate Altitudes of Bottoms of Abandoned Lagoons (pdf format)
    - Attachment B: Draft copies of legal forms to incorporate deed restrictions to Winston Thomas property (pdf format)
      - Draft Warranty Deed
      - Draft Utilities Service Board President signature notarized on above deed
      - Draft acknowledgement of deed restrictions to be sugned by Utilities Service Board President and Secretary
- EPA Action Memorandum on Winston-Thomas April 3, 1996
- EPA Memo Concerning No RI/FS in Bloomington, Indiana (February 15, 1996)
- Sanjour Memo to Browner (June 12, 1997)
- Sanjour Memo to Fields and Martin (August 2, 1996)
Posts (e-mailings)
- EPA
  - to Citizens Information Committee (February 8, 1998)
  - to Citizens Information Committee (February 13, 1998)
  - to Citizens Information Committee (February 26, 1998)
Reports
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- Cambrian Groundwater Company
  - Bloomington Project Landfill - RCRA Landfill Permit Application (August 1991) - Document Review - Pertaining mostly to the El Section, Hydrogeologic Site Characterization Report (G.J. Davies)
- ChemRisk
  - Work Plan for an Ecological Risk Assessment: Lemon Lane Superfund Site
- Cortes
  - Trichlorobenzenes
  - PCB Testing: Immunoassay vs. Mobile Laboratory
- Earth Tech
  - Amendment No. 1 to Final Quality Assurance Project Plan for Field Oversight of Site Investigation and Remedy Development Activities at the Lemon Lane Landfill (May 1996 & revised October 1996)
- EPA
- Indiana Public Interest Research Group (InPIRG)
  - EPA Misconduct in Bloomington, Indiana, Superfund Cleanup
- Iowa State University
  - The Burning Question: Trash, Hazardous Waste and Incineration
- Lanley
  - Lemon Lane Landfill Dioxin Soil Sampling Locations
    - Landfill Dioxin Map
    - Landfill Dioxin Sampling
- MVA Consulting
  - PCB Inventory Report for Bloomington, Indiana - Phase I
  - Bloomington, Indiana PCB Inventory Phase I Report
- SENES
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  - PCB Accumulation in Mallard Ducks at Winston-Thomas
- Weekly Report on Site Cleanup Work done at:
  - Winston Thomas 5/25/98
  - Winston Thomas 6/03/98
  - Winston Thomas 6/10/98
  - Winston Thomas 6/17/98
  - Winston Thomas 6/23/98
  - Winston Thomas 6/30/98
  - Winston Thomas 7/7/98
  - Winston Thomas 7/14/98
- Westinghouse / CBS
  - "A Natural-Potential Survey around Lemon Lane Landfill, Bloomington, Indiana for Westinghouse Electric Corporation/CBS, April/May 1998"
  - Preliminary Data for Sampling Performed Under Bloomington Project QAPjP, Volume IX, Neal's Landfill Stream Investigation Field Sampling Plan dated 29 June, 1998
  - Preliminary Data for Sampling Performed Under Bloomington Project QAPjP, Volume X, Bennett's Quarry Stream Investigation Field Sampling Plan dated June 29, 1998.
  - Winston Thomas Abandoned Lagoon Revised Excavation Information (6/19/98)
  - Conceptual Plan for Investigation of Karst Conduits in the Vicinity of Lemon Lane Landfill (May 18, 1998)
  - Field Sampling Plan for the Fill Material at Lemon Lane Landfill (August 26, 1996)
  - Work Plan to Develop Health-based PCB Cleanup for Winston-Thomas Facility (December 23, 1996)
    - Figure 1.1
  - Revised Request to Amend the Westinghouse Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Bloomington Sites to add the Field Sampling Plan for the Fill at Lemon Lane Landfill (June 21, 1997)
    - Addendum
Rulings
- U.S. District Court
  - Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division
    - Consent Decree
    - Judge Dillin's Hurry Up Order (November 21, 1997)

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